Spectre of eviction looms over forest dwellers

EVEN as the Supreme Court has stayed its order directing state governments to evict occupants from forestland whose claims for land titles under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) have been rejected, about 20 lakh tribal and other forest-dependent families across the country continue to be on tenterhooks. The order was passed on a petition filed […]

Submission to Minister of Tribal Affairs regarding Non-implementation of Forest Rights Act in Himachal Pradesh

                                                                                                                                                                                             28-01-19 To, Shri Jual Oram Minister of Tribal Affairs Government of India New Delhi Subject: With regard to the impediments and hurdles in the implementation […]

Press Release: All Women’s Independent fact finding team visits Holi. Expresses solidarity with local struggle

17th April 2014 Chamba An independent all women’s fact finding team visited Holi village to be affected by GMR’s 180 MW Hydro power project on 16 and 17th April 2014. The team comprising of Nandini Rao from Women against sexual violence and state repression, Sridevi Panicker, an independent Delhi based lawyer, Sarvesh, a senior freelance […]